Lotus corniculatus L.

Common Bird's-foot-trefoil

Minimum height	5
Maximal height	40
Life form	He
SBT (Social Behaviour Type)	DT
Ujvárosi's life form system	H4
Modified Ellenberg - Müller-Dombois life form (main category)	H
Modified Ellenberg - Müller-Dombois life form (sub-category)	NA

Chromosome number	24
Ploidy level	NA

Phytosociological categorization (Soó)	I
Phytosociological categorization (Borhidi)	Indiff.
Nativeness	native species
Residence time
Introduction mode
Invasion status
Area type	EUA
Conservation status	not protected
Conservation value (HUF)
Year of protection
IUCN Red List category	NE
Hungarian Red List category
Conservation value category	TZ

Ellenberg indicator values
EIV L	7
EIV T	x
EIV K	3
EIV F	4
EIV R	7
EIV N	3
EIV S	0
Zólyomi's ecological indicator values
TZ-scale	5a
WZ-scale	4
RZ-scale	0
Soó's ecological indicator values
TS-scale	0
FS- scale	0
RS- scale	4
NS-scale	2-3
Borhidi's ecological indicator values
TB-scale	5
WB-scale	4
RB-scale	7
NB-scale	2
LB-scale	7
CB-scale	3
SB-scale	1

Leaf traits
Leaf Area (Lhotsky et al. 2016)	126.190
Leaf Area (E-Vojtkó et al. 2020)	114.201
Leaf Area (Gyalus et al. 2022)	212.864
Leaf Area (McIntosh-Buday et al. 2022)	NA
LDMC (Lhotsky et al. 2016)	249.350
LDMC (E-Vojtkó et al. 2020)	241.291
LDMC (Gyalus et al. 2022)	248.808
LDMC (McIntosh-Buday et al. 2022)	NA
SLA (Lhotsky et al. 2016)	16.467
SLA (E-Vojtkó et al. 2020)	21.320
SLA (Gyalus et al. 2022)	19.211
SLA (McIntosh-Buday et al. 2022)	NA
Leaf fresh mass (E-Vojtkó et al. 2020)	0.024
Leaf fresh mass (McIntosh-Buday et al. 2022)	NA
Leaf dry mass (E-Vojtkó et al. 2020)	5.934
Leaf dry mass (McIntosh-Buday et al. 2022)	NA

Distribution in Hungary

Distribution maps presented here are only for reference purposes, for more details see the Vascular plants of Hungary online database.

Last update: 3 February 2022.